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You can install Gentoo in many ways. This chapter explains how to install |
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Gentoo using the minimal Installation CD. |
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<date>2012-06-29</date> |
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<title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to |
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<title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
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<th>Apple NewWorld Machines</th> |
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<th>Apple OldWorld machines</th> |
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G3s, PCI PowerMacs and PCI PowerBooks. PCI-based Apple Clones should also |
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<th>Genesi</th> |
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Pegasos I/II, Open Desktop Workstation, Efika |
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<th>IBM</th> |
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<th>Memory</th> |
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<ti>At least 64 MB</ti> |
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Be sure to read the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">Gentoo PPC FAQ</uri> |
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for help with some common installation related issues or if you're unsure as to |
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just what's in that PowerPC machine you've got sitting on your desk right now. |
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<title>The Gentoo Installation CDs</title> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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The <e>Gentoo Installation CDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a |
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self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD. |
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During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers |
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All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your |
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partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. |
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If you wish to install Gentoo without a working Internet connection, or would |
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like to use one of the provided installers, please use the installation |
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instructions described in the <uri link="2008.0/">Gentoo 2008.0 |
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Handbooks</uri>. |
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The Installation CDs that we currently provide are: |
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The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable |
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CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and |
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continue with the Gentoo installation. |
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The Universal Installation CD contains everything you need to install |
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Gentoo. It provides stage3 files for common architectures, source code |
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for the extra applications you need to choose from and, of course, the |
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installation instructions for your architecture. |
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Gentoo also provides a Package CD. This is not an Installation CD but an |
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additional resource that you can exploit during the installation of your Gentoo |
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system. It contains prebuilt packages (also known as the GRP set) that allow |
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you to easily and quickly install additional applications (such as |
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OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the Gentoo installation and |
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right before you update your Portage tree. |
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The use of the Package CD is covered later in this document. |
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<title>Gentoo Minimal Installation CD</title> |
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The Minimal Installation CD is called <c><keyval id="min-cd-name"/></c> and |
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takes up around <keyval id="min-cd-size"/> MB of diskspace. You can use this |
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Installation CD to install Gentoo, but <e>only</e> with a working Internet |
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<ti>Smallest download</ti> |
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A stage3 tarball is an archive containing a minimal Gentoo environment, |
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suitable to continue the Gentoo installation using the instructions in this |
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manual. Previously, the Gentoo Handbook described the installation using one of |
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three stage tarballs. While Gentoo still offers stage1 and stage2 tarballs, the |
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official installation method uses the stage3 tarball. If you are interested in |
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performing a Gentoo installation using a stage1 or stage2 tarball, please read |
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the Gentoo FAQ on <uri link="/doc/en/faq.xml#stage12">How do I Install Gentoo |
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Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball?</uri> |
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Stage3 tarballs can be downloaded from <path><keyval |
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id="release-dir"/>current-stage3/</path> on any of the <uri |
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link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">Official Gentoo Mirrors</uri> and are not provided |
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<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo Installation CD</title> |
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<title>Downloading and Burning the Installation CDs</title> |
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You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by |
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downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed |
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the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them? |
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You can download any of the Installation CDs from one of our <uri |
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link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The Installation CDs are located in |
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the <path><keyval id="release-dir"/>current-iso/</path> directory. |
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Inside that directory you'll find ISO files. Those are full CD images which you |
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Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to |
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<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public keys whose |
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You can tweak some kernel options at this prompt. The following table lists |
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This option takes one of the following vendor-specific tags: |
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To use the above options, at the <e>boot:</e> prompt, type <e>ppc32</e> followed |
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by the desired option. In the example below, we'll force the kernel to use the |
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Open Firmware framebuffer instead of the device specific driver. |
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<pre caption="Force the use of the Open Firmware framebuffer"> |
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boot: <i>ppc32 video=ofonly</i> |
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</pre> |
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If you don't need to add any options, just type ppc32 at this prompt, and a |
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complete Gentoo Linux environment will be loaded from the CD. Continue with |
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<uri link="#booted">And When You're Booted...</uri>. |
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<title>Alternative: Booting the Installation CD on a Pegasos</title> |
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On the Pegasos simply insert the CD and at the SmartFirmware boot-prompt type |
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<c>boot cd /boot/menu</c>. This will open a small bootmenu where you can choose |
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between several preconfigured video configs. If you need any special boot |
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options you can append them to the command-line just like with Yaboot above. |
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For example: <c>boot cd /boot/pegasos video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75 mem=256M</c>. |
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The default kernel options (in case something goes wrong and you need it) are |
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preconfigured with <c>console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 init=/linuxrc |
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looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs cdroot root=/dev/ram0</c>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<title>Alternative: Booting the Installation CD with BootX</title> |
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If you have an OldWorld Mac the bootable portion of the livecd can't be used. |
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The most simple solution is to use MacOS 9 or earlier to bootstrap into a Linux |
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environment with a tool called BootX. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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First, download <uri link="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/bootx/">BootX</uri> |
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and unpack the archive. Copy the the <c>BootX Extension</c> from the unpacked |
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archive into <c>Extensions Folder</c> and the BootX App Control Panel into |
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<c>Control Panels</c>, both of which are located in your MacOS System Folder. |
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Next, create a folder called "Linux Kernels" in your System folder and copy the |
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<c>ppc32</c> kernel from the CD to this folder. Finally, copy <c>ppc32.igz</c> |
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from the Installation CD <path>boot</path> folder into the MacOS |
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<c>System Folder</c>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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To prepare BootX, start the BootX App Control Panel. First select the Options |
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dialog and check <c>Use Specified RAM Disk</c> and select <c>ppc32.igz</c> from |
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your System Folder. Continue back to the initial screen and ensure that the |
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ramdisk size is at least <c>32000</c>. Finally, set the kernel arguments as |
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<pre caption="BootX kernel arguments"> |
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cdroot root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc loop=image.squashfs looptype=squashfs console=tty0 |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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The kernel parameters in the yaboot section above are also applicable here. You |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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Check once more to make sure the settings are correct and then save the |
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configuration. This saves typing just in case it doesn't boot or something is |
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missing. Press the Linux button at the top of the window. If everything goes |
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correctly, it should boot into the Installation CD. Continue with |
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<uri link="#booted">And When You're Booted...</uri> |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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<subsection id="booted"> |
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<title>And When You're Booted...</title> |
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<body> |
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You will be greeted by a root ("#") prompt on the current console. You can also |
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switch to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get |
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back to the one you started on by pressing Alt-F1. Due to the keyboard layout, |
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you may need to press Alt-fn-Fx on Apple machines. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, use |
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<c>loadkeys</c> to load the keymap for your keyboard. To list the available |
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keymaps, execute <c>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</c>. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Listing available keymaps"> |
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<comment>(PPC uses x86 keymaps on most systems.)</comment> |
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# <i>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Now load the keymap of your choice: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Loading a keymap"> |
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# <i>loadkeys be-latin1</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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<subsection> |
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<include href="hb-install-bootconfig.xml"/> |
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</subsection> |
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</section> |
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</sections> |